Garment-stay.



W. J. ROCHE.

GARMENT STAY. APPLICATION men JUNE 22. 191-1.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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WILLIAM mnocHE, or MEAIDVILLE, rnNNsY Lv ANiAQAssIeNon TO THE SPIRELLACOMPANY, or MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 015 PENNs vANIe.

, GARMENT-STAY;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. ROCHE, aresident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and-State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGarment-Stays, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to wire garment stays and more particularly tocorset stays.

The object of the invention is to provide a flexible wire staywhichyields readily in all directions, in which the bending strains aredstributed over a considerable length of wire so as to avoidcrystallization and de terioration of the metal and prevent the stayfrom taking a permanent set, and particularly a stay which is strongerand more resilient than prior stays and offers more resistance tobending strains.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of one form of stayembodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edgeview there of; Fig. 3 is aface view of another form of stay embodying the invention, and Figs. 4and 5 are similar views of other modifications.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed from wire, a single continuouswire 1 being shown, which is bent back and forth in sinuous form to forma series of oppositely disposed loops 2 lying along the edges of thestay and which are connected by transverse intermediate portions orcrossings 3. These loops may be of any suitable form and may liedirectly opposite .each other as shown in Fig; 1, or, the loops alongone edge may be in staggered relation to those along the other edge,alternate loops along the opposite edges of the stay being progressivelyarranged. as in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The loops may be of any suitableshape, but

are preferably wide loops which include stay. This arrangement isparticularly effective in resisting flatwise bending strainsSpecification of Letters Patent.

1 Application filed June 22, 1914. Serial No. 846,588.

which are taken up largely torsion in the crossing. portions of thewire.

. Thecrossing portions of the wire may be bent, kinked or deflectedinany suitable manner, but preferably in the plane of: the

rectly opposite each other. In Fig. 3, each crossing portion of the wireis bent or deflected in the plane of the stay to form a loop orconvolution 5*, all of the loops or convolutions pointing toward theSame end of the stay. In this arrangement, where the crossing portionsare deflected first toa ward one end of the stay and then back agaln,the eyes or loops along opposite edges of the stay are in staggeredrelation. In 7 Fig. 4 each crossing portion ofthe wire is bentintermediate its ends to form an eye or convolution 5", there being acontinuous row of said convolutions along the middle line of the stay.In both of the forms shown in Figs. 8 and 4 the crossing portions of thewire are parallel to each other from edge to edge of the stay and in allforms described, the bends or kinks in the crossing portions addmaterially to the length of the wire in thestay and therefore distributebending strains over a greater length of the 7 wire and reduce theliability of crystallization and breakage.

Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the crossing portions of the wireare substantially V-shaped, and the eyes or loops 2 along theoppositeedges of the stay are inclined longitudinally of the stay inopposite directions. The same is true of the reentrant loops 4, so thatthe stay when viewed flatwise has the appearance of a herring bone orarrow.

Any of the stays described'may have the intermediate connecting portionsor crossings 3 deflected from the normal flat plane of the stay torender-the same concave in cross section, so as to stilfen the stay inthe flatwise direction and increase its resistance to bending'stressesin one direction more than in the other.

What I claim is r 1. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forthto form a series of loops lying at the edges of the stay and connectedback and forth to form a series of loops lying at the edges of the stayand'connected by transverse portions or crossings, the wire at theelosedends of the loops along both edges of the stay being bent inwardlynearly ito-the center line of the stay to form a re entrant portlon 1neach loop, the crossing portions of the wire being bent or deflectedingthe plane of the stay toward its ends.

3. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a seriesof loops lying at the edges of the stay and connected by transverseportions or crossings, the wire at the closed ends of the loops alongboth edges of the stay being bent inwardly nearly to' the center line ofthe stay to form a reentrant portion in each loop, the crossing portionsof the wire being bent or deflected in the plane of the stay and lyingsubstantially parallel to each other from edge to edge of the staytoward its ends.

In testimony whereof, .I have hereunto set my hand. 7

WILLIAM J ROCHE. Witnesses:

T. F. CHARLTON, ADELAIDE Roonn.

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